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Namiko Kunimoto on Exploring Japanese Culture and History Through Visual Art for Below the Radar
Namiko Kunimoto recently spoke with Am Johal for the Below the Radar podcast to discuss Japanese imperialism through the lens of art, racial equity within universities and taiko drumming within diasporic communities. learn more →
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Joseph Mwesigwa Ssendikaddiwa on the experience of being a CERi graduate fellow
This blog is authored by Joseph Mwesigwa Ssendikaddiwa, a SFU Faculty of Health Sciences MSc. graduate and a member of CERi's 2020/21 Graduate Research Fellowship cohort. learn more →
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Understanding the sexual and reproductive health access of young im/migrant women: A community engagement project
This blog is authored by Stefanie Machado, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences and a participant of CERi's Community-Engaged Research Funding Program, and Elmira Tayyar, an MPH candidate in the FHS at SFU, and the Assistant Project Coordinator of IRIS. learn more →
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Resources
This collection of resources is aimed at supporting community members, SFU faculty and students in developing interdisciplinary knowledge and research skills that can respond to community needs and benefit communities involved in research. learn more →
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Recap: Cultural Sensitivity and Community-Engaged Research
What is cultural sensitivity and how can we forge spaces to uplift and centre the voices, experiences, and expertise of racialized communities? That’s one of the questions that was posed during CERi’s third webinar of the Remaking the Table series which focused on an exploration of how we can strive to cultivate a collective toolkit for culturally sensitive community engaged research. learn more →
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Gardening Initiative Helps to Address Food Insecurity
Food insecurity is a multifaceted issue affecting Canadian households and communities across the Nation. One community has been taking steps to change that. learn more →
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Community Resource Handbook
This handbook is designed to help community organizations gain a practical understanding of community-engaged research. This how-to guide walks you through the process of community-engaged research and shows its value to communities and the people working alongside them. learn more →
Participation. Cooperation. Social Transformation.
CERi promotes principles of participation, cooperation, social transformation and knowledge translation to lift up and strengthen the capacity of SFU’s researchers and students, to engage respectfully and ethically with community members.
Research that supports positive community change.
Based out of the new 312 Main co-working space in downtown Vancouver, CERi is SFU's first research infrastructure developed for the purpose of extending community-engaged research to provincial, national and international communities.
Simon Fraser University’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) is a new university-wide strategic initiative of the Office of the Vice-President, Research.
LATEST POSTS
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July 27, 2021
July 27, 2021
Namiko Kunimoto recently spoke with Am Johal for the Below the Radar podcast to discuss Japanese imperialism through the lens of art, racial equity within universities and taiko drumming within diasporic communities.
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July 08, 2021
July 08, 2021
This blog is authored by Joseph Mwesigwa Ssendikaddiwa, a SFU Faculty of Health Sciences MSc. graduate and a member of CERi's 2020/21 Graduate Research Fellowship cohort.
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April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
What is cultural sensitivity and how can we forge spaces to uplift and centre the voices, experiences, and expertise of racialized communities? That’s one of the questions that was posed during CERi’s third webinar of the Remaking the Table series which focused on an exploration of how we can strive to cultivate a collective toolkit for culturally sensitive community engaged research.
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April 13, 2021
April 13, 2021
This blog is authored by Stefanie Machado, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences and a participant of CERi's Community-Engaged Research Funding Program, and Elmira Tayyar, an MPH candidate in the FHS at SFU, and the Assistant Project Coordinator of IRIS.
PROGRAMS
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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 26. CERi’s Graduate Fellowship Program is designed to facilitate community-engaged research through a combination of financial support, mentorship, peer learning and professional development.
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CERi’s Community-Engaged Research Funding Program is a grant program available to SFU faculty and graduate students.
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In partnership with Vancouver Island University, the University of Northern British Columbia, and University of British Columbia, the Simon Fraser University Library coordinates a program to provide staff of charitable and non-profit organizations in British Columbia with access to the latest research and knowledge in their fields.
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CERi’s Researchers-in-Residence program supports and promotes SFU faculty members actively practicing community-engaged research or whose research involves CER methods.
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